The Washington Commanders once called the Washington Redskins is a professional American football that is located in the Washington metropolitan region. The National Football Conference (NFC) East division is where the Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL). The team’s home stadium is FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its administrative offices and practice facility are located in Ashburn, Virginia. Only five teams in the NFL have more than 600 wins overall, and this one has played more than 1,000 games. “Hail to the Commanders” (formerly “Hail to the Redskins” from 1937 to 2019), which is performed by their marching band after each touchdown scored by the team at home, was one of the first NFL teams to have a fight song. Forbes values the franchise at US$5.6 billion, making them the league’s sixth-most valuable team as of 2022.
The Boston Braves were the team’s original name when it was created in 1932. The following year, the name was changed to Redskins, and in 1937, the team moved to Washington, D.C. For many years, the Redskins logo was associated with negative connotations. As part of a wave of name changes following the George Floyd protests in 2020, pressure from multiple NFL and team sponsors led to its retirement, primarily due to knowledge of the Native American mascot debate rekindled by the aforementioned protests. Before changing their name to the Commanders in 2022, the squad spent two seasons playing under the name Washington Football Team.
Washington won the Super Bowls XVII, XXII, and XXVI as well as the NFL title games in 1937 and 1942. Washington has placed second in the league six times, losing the Super Bowls VII and XVIII as well as the championship games in 1936, 1940, 1943, and 1945. They had a total postseason record of 23-18 with 14 division titles and 24 postseason appearances. Behind the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots (each with six), San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys (each with five), Green Bay Packers and New York Giants (each with two), and the Denver Broncos and Las Vegas Raiders (each with three), they have won three Super Bowls in total (four each).
Washington won every championship throughout two ten-year periods. The squad made it to the NFL Championship six times between 1936 and 1945, taking home two championships. The second phase included the years 1982 through 1991, during which they made seven postseason appearances, won four conference championships, and won three Super Bowls in four trips. Washington only had four winning seasons and never made it to the postseason between 1946 and 1970. From 1956 through 1968, during which time they had their poorest regular-season record (1-12-1 in 1961), they had no winning seasons. The team has won the NFC East four times, had a winning record in nine seasons, and made the postseason seven times since the 1991 season, when they last won the Super Bowl.
